GC35XME Traditional Cache Windmill View # 25
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: Imusttravel2000 @ | Hide Date: 10/13/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 33.839 W104° 23.962 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
In 1854, a machinist in Connecticut (USA) named Daniel Halladay was asked by a traveling salesman to invent a windmill for pumping water and other uses. At first, he was skeptical that such a device could be sold, but he began manufacturing his new invention in Connecticut. Soon, he moved his factory to Illinois to be closer to the rapidly growing western market. His windmill first demonstrated that a windmill could automatically turn to face changing wind directions without human attention and could control the speed of the wind wheel so that it did not destroy itself in the frequent storms by running too fast.

Halladay’s company, the U.S. Wind Engine & Pump Co., went on to become the largest manufacturer of windmills in America for a time.

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8 Logs: Found it 8  

Found it 07/03/2019 By cachephrase
A friend collects antique windmills, so I really enjoyed the ones in this series we found today. TFTC!

Found it 07/03/2019 By LadyGunslinger
Windmills are cool. Thanks for showing me this.

Found it 09/23/2018 By GeoCGS
Out and about this morning working on caches near to our campsite. Quick find here in good shape. TFTC!

Found it 07/26/2018 By bl78
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Found it 07/25/2018 By Cherylize
TFTC. SL as cize.

Found it 07/18/2018 By ldkloss

TFTC with kirchgeo and geo puppy Dickens. SL

Found it 07/18/2018 By kirchegeo
Nice hide with ldkloss and geo puppy Dickens. Tftc sl

Found it 04/28/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches